Hautes-Pyrénées
Hautes-Pyrénées (French pronunciation: [ot piʁene] ⓘ; Gascon/Occitan: Nauts Pirenèus / Hauts Pirenèus ['awts piɾeˈnɛʊs]; Spanish: Altos Pirineos; Catalan: Alts Pirineus ['alts piɾiˈneʊs]; ) is a department in the region of Occitania, southwestern France. The department is bordered by Pyrénées-Atlantiques to the west, Gers to the north, Haute-Garonne to the east, as well by the Spanish province of Huesca in the autonomous community of Aragon to the south. In 2019, its population was 229,567; its prefecture is Tarbes. It is named after the Pyrenees mountain range.
Hautes-Pyrénées
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Prefecture building in Tarbes | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Location of Hautes-Pyrénées in France | |
| Coordinates: 43°14′0″N 0°4′5″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Prefecture | Tarbes |
| Subprefectures | Argelès-Gazost Bagnères-de-Bigorre |
| Government | |
| • President of the Departmental Council | Michel Pélieu (PRG) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4,464 km2 (1,724 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Total | 230,956 |
| • Rank | 86th |
| • Density | 52/km2 (130/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | FR-65 |
| Department number | 65 |
| Arrondissements | 3 |
| Cantons | 17 |
| Communes | 469 |
| ^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries and lakes, ponds and glaciers larger than 1 km2 | |
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